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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Adelaide Overjoyed. Urana-road. Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—This is my first letter to the "[?]. We have had some glorious rain. It has freshened things up a little, as Wagga is dull, owing to the flu…

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A Runaway Train Trucks Leave Rails. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 2

A [?] locomotive runaway and wrooking of goods train accurred at North Taihapo, New Zealand, last night. The trucks of a train were going down a…

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Co-Operation-A Big Movement. Producers Hetefmined to Market their Own Products. the Business of John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Sydney, Acquired

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 6

We owe It to our numerous clients business connections, and sympathetic producers in the country to make, a public pronouncement of the reasons,…

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Starving Stock and Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 20

The prevalence of drought conditions in the north and north-west of the State has compelled the Railway Commissioners to make provision for the transfer of…

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Accident on St. Kilda Railway. Train Strikes Dead-end. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 2

Much excitement was caused on the St. Kilda railway station at midnight, following the striking of a dead-end by a train…

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Management of the Railways Criticisms Hurt the Commissioners. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 3

The Chief Railway Commissioner states that the reflections upon the management of the railways contained in the Farmers' and Settlers' Association report…

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Aeroplane Falls in France London, May 9

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Chalon-sur-Saone in Southern France, says that one of five British aeroplanes flying from London to India fell in a tree at…

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A Giant Electric Motor

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 4

The driving of a rolling mill is one of the heaviest problems which an engineer has to solve. In itself the machinery is massive; and the work of rolling huge…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the above cub was held at the Literary Institute on Thursday evening last the president, Mr. A. C. Leslie, presiding. Arrangements were…

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Crossing the Murray Bridges and Roads in Approach to National Bridges

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 4

Mr. the Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., Minister for Public Works and Railways, has noted that some comment was made at a recent meeting of the Hume Shire…

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Train Accident at St. Kilda

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 32

Shortly after midnight on Thursday, May 15, the last train from Melbourne was steaming into St. Kilda station, and passengers were preparing to alight, when the…

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Bridges and Roads in Approach to National Bridges Over the Murray River

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 19

The Hon. D. T. Ball. M.L.A, Minister for Public Work's and Railways, has noted that some comment was made, at a recent meeting of the Hurne Shire Council…

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Bridges and Roads. in Approach to National Bridges Over the Murray River

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 4

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., Minister for Public Works and Railways, has noted that some comment was made at a recent meeting of the Hume Shire…

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Farmers and Settlers and the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 38

The Railway Commissioners take the strongest exception to the adverse criticism of the work of the service, as expressed in the annual report of the Farmers and…

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British Motor Car Revival

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 3

The established position of British motor car manufacturers in overseas markets has suffered during the war through the prohibition of exports of motor…

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Sufficient Coal for Railways and Navy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have about four months' supply of coal on hand; and the Navy has also a large reserve at Newcastle. Supplies for the State are ample…

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Bad Lighting at Albury Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 3

That the New South Wales Railway Commissioners are content to continue the old and costly system of lighting at the Albury railway station and offices is…

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Railway Engineers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 2

Increased wages are being demanded by members of the Amalgamated Engineers Society in the employ of the Railway Department…

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The P.p. (Amendment) Act. Case of Importance to Drovers. the Use of Roads for Travelling Stock

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

At the Moree Police Court on the 20th May, before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M., a case of great importance to drovers was heard. The case was…

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Britain and South Africa. a Present of Railway Materials

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 2

In the Capetown Assembly Mr. Burton read a cable from General Botha, stating that the Imperial Government had made a gift to the Union of…

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